Hester is a novel set in Victorian times where three main characters intermingle to create complex relationships where the thin red line is the conflict between old and young. An obsessive tale of financial and erotic risk-taking that unavoidably results in a blistering culmination.

Margaret Oliphant Wilson (1828-1897) was a Scottish author and historical writer, who regularly wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. Her fictitious creations incorporate familial pragmatism, the historical novel, romances and stories of the supernatural.